Houston Rockets Opening Day Rosters

2000-2001 Houston Rockets Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Shandon Anderson SG 6-6 208 Dec 31, 1973 26 Georgia 4 1996 2nd Rnd, #54, Utah Jazz
Matt Bullard PF 6-10 215 Jun 5, 1967 33 Iowa 9 1990 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Kelvin Cato C 6-11 255 Aug 26, 1974 26 Iowa State 3 1997 1st Rnd, #15, Dallas Mavericks
Jason Collier F-C 7-0 260 Sep 8, 1977 23 Georgia Tech 0 2000 1st Rnd, #15, Milwaukee Bucks
Steve Francis PG 6-3 195 Feb 21, 1977 23 Maryland 1 1999 1st Rnd, #2, Vancouver Grizzlies
Dan Langhi PF 6-11 220 Nov 28, 1977 22 Vanderbilt 0 2000 2nd Rnd, #31, Dallas Mavericks
Cuttino Mobley SG 6-4 190 Sep 1, 1975 25 Rhode Island 2 1998 2nd Rnd, #41, Houston Rockets
Moochie Norris PG 6-1 175 Jul 27, 1973 27 West Florida 3 1996 2nd Rnd, #33, Milwaukee Bucks
Hakeem Olajuwon C 7-0 255 Jan 21, 1963 37 Houston 16 1984 1st Rnd, #1, Houston Rockets
Carlos Rogers C 6-11 220 Feb 6, 1971 29 Tennessee State 6 1994 1st Rnd, #11, Seattle SuperSonics
Mo Taylor PF 6-9 265 Oct 30, 1976 24 Michigan 3 1997 1st Rnd, #14, Los Angeles Clippers
Kenny Thomas SF 6-7 245 Jul 25, 1977 23 New Mexico 1 1999 1st Rnd, #22, Houston Rockets
Walt Williams F-G 6-8 219 Apr 16, 1970 30 Maryland 8 1992 1st Rnd, #7, Sacramento Kings

Minnesota 106, Houston 98

October 31, 2000

Regular Season

Compaq Center (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 11,327

Officials: Bennie Adams, Steve Javie, Luis Grillo

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (5) Houston (12)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Houston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (1-0) 35 30 19 22 106
HOU (0-1) 25 19 23 31 98

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 95 111.3 102.9
HOU 95 102.9 111.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .523 0.157 0.295 0.159
HOU .473 0.189 0.289 0.378

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Chauncey Billups Starter SG 37:00 6-13 3-5 0-0 6.8 0.0 2 2 5 4 0 0 3 15
7 Terrell Brandon Starter PG 38:00 6-12 2-2 8-9 19.1 0.0 4 4 9 5 3 0 3 22
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 37:00 12-27 0-2 4-5 17.1 2.0 9 11 5 3 1 1 3 28
8 Rasho Nesterovic Starter C 35:00 8-11 0-0 0-0 15.0 6.0 7 13 0 4 0 0 2 16
10 Wally Szczerbiak Starter SF 23:00 2-8 0-0 0-0 3.0 2.0 2 4 5 3 0 0 2 4
3 LaPhonso Ellis Bench PF 15:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 1.2 1.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 6
22 Dean Garrett Bench C 11:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 3.8 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
6 Sam Jacobson Bench SG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Sam Mitchell Bench SF 09:00 1-2 0-0 2-2 2.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
44 Anthony Peeler Bench SG 34:00 2-5 1-2 0-0 11.0 1.0 7 8 4 3 1 0 0 5
  Team                   5         0  
        240 43-88 6-11 14-16 107.8 13 31 49 29 25 7 1 15 106
          48.9% 54.5% 87.5%                    

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
40 Shandon Anderson Starter SG 20:00 1-2 0-0 1-2 2.0 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
3 Steve Francis Starter PG 41:00 4-15 0-1 7-8 9.0 4.0 1 5 8 3 3 0 6 15
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter C 18:00 2-4 0-0 0-2 5.8 0.0 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 4
2 Mo Taylor Starter PF 37:00 8-10 0-0 1-2 8.0 1.0 3 4 1 4 0 1 4 17
42 Walt Williams Starter SF 25:00 2-7 0-0 4-5 13.1 1.0 7 8 3 0 1 3 1 8
50 Matt Bullard Bench PF 08:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1.5 0.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
13 Kelvin Cato Bench C 22:00 4-5 0-0 1-2 6.2 2.0 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 9
52 Jason Collier Bench C 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Cuttino Mobley Bench SG 32:00 10-22 2-5 11-11 19.9 1.0 4 5 1 1 3 2 2 33
12 Moochie Norris Bench PG 26:00 3-8 0-2 2-6 4.5 2.0 3 5 3 3 1 0 2 8
6 Carlos Rogers Bench C 08:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Team                   12            
        240 34-74 2-9 28-40 88.2 11 27 50 18 17 9 7 18 98
          45.9% 22.2% 70.0%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Terrell Brandon
22p, 4r, 9a
Chauncey Billups
15p, 2r, 5a
Wally Szczerbiak
4p, 4r, 5a
Kevin Garnett
28p, 11r, 5a
Rasho Nesterovic
16p, 13r, 0a
Rotation  
 
Anthony Peeler
5p, 8r, 4a
 
 
LaPhonso Ellis
6p, 1r, 1a
Dean Garrett
6p, 1r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
Sam Jacobson
0p, 0r, 0a
Sam Mitchell
4p, 0r, 0a
 
 
 
 

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Steve Francis
15p, 5r, 8a
Shandon Anderson
3p, 1r, 1a
Walt Williams
8p, 8r, 3a
Mo Taylor
17p, 4r, 1a
Hakeem Olajuwon
4p, 6r, 1a
Rotation Moochie Norris
8p, 5r, 3a
Cuttino Mobley
33p, 5r, 1a
 
 
 
 
Kelvin Cato
9p, 3r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Bullard
0p, 1r, 0a
Carlos Rogers
1p, 0r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jason Collier
0p, 0r, 0a